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Places to visit Plymouth

- The National Marine Aquarium, is Britain's foremost aquarium and the deepest in Europe. You'll find it located near the historical Barbican area, which includes Britain's oldest bakery (Jacka's), and the Mayflower Steps from where the Pilgrim Fathers left for the New World in 1621.
- Plymouth Hoe, the scene of Sir Francis Drake's apocryphal game of bowls prior to his taking on the Spanish Armada in 1588.
- Saltram House, once home of the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.
- The Royal William Yard, once the place from which the British Navy was provisioned. The naval presence in Plymouth is immense: the city is home to the largest naval base in Western Europe, which is open to the public on Naval Days.
- Plymouth Theatre Royal is the largest provincial producing theatre in the UK and one of the best attended. They have produced and co-produced West End plays in London and on Broadway, New York, as well as in Plymouth itself.
- The Mayflower Steps is the site where the Pilgrim Fathers departed from, aboard the Mayflower, before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to colonise North America. Today boat trips leave from there for tours of Plymouth Sound, although the original site is believed to be where the Admiral McBride public house now stands.

Getting to Plymouth Ferry port:

By Car - The City Centre of Plymouth is located to the south of the A38 Main South Devon Highway. In Plymouth take the A374 for the city center and from there follow the signs to Millbay Docks & Ferries, which are situated to the south west of the inner city ring road.

The ferry port offers good parking facilities if you are not taking your car on the journey.

By Coach - National Express have several services to Plymouth from all may UK cities. The coach service stops in Plymouth center and from there you can reach the ferry port by taxi, a drive of about 5-10 minutes.

By Rail - There is a regular rail service going from London Paddington to Plymouth Train Station. From the station you can reach the ferry port by taxi, a drive of about 5-10 minutes. Source: www.AFerry.to

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about Plymouth

The city is located between the mouths of the rivers Tamar and Plym in what is widely regarded as one of the world's most impressive natural harbours. Plymouth is a unitary authority responsible for its own decision-making within the historic county of Devon.

The area was first recorded in the Domesday book as "Sudtone" (1086; later Sutton) and together with the towns of Devonport and Stonehouse amalgamated in 1914 to form the modern Plymouth.

The Royal Dockyard was built in the area, on the banks of the River Tamar, in 1690. Plymouth has a long and historic seafaring tradition, not least the launch of the English fleet from the Hoe (Plymouth's waterfront) to fend off the Spanish Armada (1588).

It was in 1620 that the Pilgrim Fathers left Plymouth for the New World, eventually setting up Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.

Tourism is an important aspect of Plymouth's economy. Nearly 12 million people visit Plymouth every year.

As well as all the attractions of a modern city, Plymouth is a popular launch pad to other notable areas including the beaches and footpaths of the Devon and Cornwall coastline and the brooding landscape of nearby Dartmoor.

Important locations in the city include The Royal Citadel, Devonport Dockyard and The Barbican from where the Pilgrims left for the New World in 1620.